Extradition

So Cook County State's Atty. Richard M. Daley "reacted angrily" to the Italians` refusal to extradite a suspected murderer to the United States, where he could face the death penalty. I understand Mr. Daley's reaction, but let me give you an example. If a country in which thieves are punished by the cutting off of their hands asked for--and obtained--the extradition of a thief caught in the U.S., wouldn`t that cause a public outcry? Because, as much as we all want to prosecute a crime, we believe that the...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A suspected high-level Sinaloa drug cartel operative known as "Chino Antrax" was extradited on Thursday from the Netherlands to the United States, where he faces charges related to drug smuggling, the Justice Department said. Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, an alleged bodyguard and leader of a cartel enforcement unit called "Los Antrax", was flown by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration from Amsterdam to San Diego...

Italy's conviction of Amanda Knox for the murder of her British roommate when the two were exchange students together could spur a drawn-out fight over extradition in the United States, where supporters contend she is the victim of a faulty foreign justice system. If Knox's conviction is ultimately confirmed pending further appeals, her lawyers are expected to argue that the United States cannot send her to Italy in part because of U.S. constitutional...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have handed over to Ethiopia an opposition official who had been sentenced to death in absentia on charges of plotting to overthrow the Addis Ababa government, state media reported on Wednesday. Andargachew Tsige, a secretary-general of the Ginbot 7 group, was among 20 opposition figures and journalists charged with conspiring with rebels, plotting attacks and attempting to topple the government. Andargachew,...

Three people charged with abducting a 5-year-old heart patient from a St. Louis hospital face extradition back to Missouri today after being tracked down to a motel in south suburban Alsip. Porter Stone was found unharmed early Wednesday with his father Jeffrey Stone, 33, and his paternal grandmother, Rhonda Marie Matthews, nearly 12 hours after he disappeared, authorities said. Stone's sister and another child, a young girl, were found with them. Stone and Matthews...

A Mobile, Ala., man suspected of a murder last month was arrested on the West Side and ordered today to be returned to Mobile to face charges, according to police and court records. Derrick L. Davis, 33, was arrested about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3900 block of West Lake Street, on a misdemeanor charge, said Police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney. After his arrest, police discovered Davis was wanted on a murder warrant from Mobile, according to Mobile police. Davis...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The son of late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi can stay in detention in Libya while the International Criminal Court decides if it has the jurisdiction to try him, the court ruled on Friday. The ICC issued a warrant for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi last June after prosecutors accused him of involvement in the killing of protesters during the revolt that toppled his father, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years. Libya has resisted handing over the...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Thursday extradited one of the country's top suspected drug traffickers to the United States, more than two years after a court had ordered the move. Juan Ortiz Lopez, alias "Chamale," who was arrested in March 2011, is wanted in a Florida federal court on charges of trafficking tons of cocaine into the United States. The 43-year-old faces a maximum life sentence if convicted. Rudy Esquivel, a spokesman for Guatemala's prison...

ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - A leading Ukrainian opposition politician accused by prosecutors of abuse of power, will try to remain in Italy where he is being detained rather than face justice in Ukraine, a close friend said on Thursday. Arsen Avakov, an ally of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko - herself jailed last year on similar charges - attended a hearing at a Rome court after being detained by Italian authorities earlier this week. The...

A judge denied bail today for a 20-year-old man accused in the January slaying of a 16-year-old boy in the West Woodlawn neighborhood. During a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, Judge Donald Panarese Jr. denied bail Daryl Lee, of the 3900 block of South Lake Park Avenue. Lee is charged with the murder of Marquise Harris, which occurred Jan. 11 in the 6200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue at the boy's West Woodlawn home, police said. Lee was arrested Friday in Des...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honduras has extradited to the United States a reputed drug trafficker who is accused of working for a powerful Mexican cartel, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. Carlos Arnoldo Lobo, a Honduran citizen accused of working for Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, was transferred to U.S. custody on Thursday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. Lobo, 39, along with another defendant, Juving Alexander Suazo Peraltais, is charged with...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court declined on Wednesday to extradite to Argentina a former policeman accused of torturing prisoners during the Franco dictatorship. In its ruling, the court said the statute of limitations had run out on the 13 accusations against Antonio Gonzalez Pacheco, 67, who denies torturing prisoners in Spain between 1971 and 1975, towards the end of the 36-year rule of Francisco Franco. Franco-era officials cannot be prosecuted in Spain...

A fugitive suspected of murder in California who was featured on the Web site of the TV program "America's Most Wanted" and was arrested in Chicago earlier this week waived extradition Wednesday. California has 30 days to pick up Fu Lin Wang to face charges in a 1998 double homicide in Alhambra, Calif., prosecutors said after a hearing in Cook County Criminal Court. He is accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife and her son. Wang was arrested Sunday...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia will not extradite Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky to Russia to face embezzlement charges, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The court said Polonsky, who was once worth $1.2 billion, will not be sent back because Cambodia had no extradition treaty with Russia. Polonsky is accused of fraud in a case in which authorities say 5.7 billion rubles ($175 million) was stolen from investors in a Moscow real estate development...

NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine started moves on Friday to seek Viktor Yanukovich's extradition from Russia after the ousted president appeared in southern Russia, the prosecutor general's office said. Yanukovich is wanted in Ukraine for mass murder following the deaths of about 100 people in clashes with police and security forces during three months of protests.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal, convicted in 2011 for fixing football matches, has been arrested in Helsinki, according to Finland's National Bureau of Investigation. The 48-year-old was held last Wednesday following an international arrest warrant issued by Singapore authorities. "Wilson Raj Perumal was arrested last week in Helsinki, and we are studying the request for extradition made by Singapore officials," Jari Nieminen, head of the investigation, said.